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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “papillons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
papillons134409(None) 
papillon1244721papillon_
pavillons1443571pavillons
carillons1146362carillons
papilloma1552292papilloma
papillomas1651842papillomas
papillose1393602papillose
papillote1394092papillote
papillotes1493302papillotes
pavilions1444792pavilions
pavillon1344052pavillon_
apollos946793_apollo_s
appellors1343543appellors
ballons93916963ba__llons
bazillions2143093bazillions
billons93013363__billons
bouillons1143603bouillons
carillon1046963carillon_
cotillons1144653cotillons
gallons83015953ga__llons
gazillions2042703gazillions
kazillions2352513kazillions
lapillus1043933lapill_us
maillots1037473ma_illots
napoleons1142833napoleons
pallors9314363pa__llors
papilla11127913papill__a
papillae12137023papill_ae
papillar1296713papill_ar
papillary1694403papillary
papillate13127573papillate
pavilion1344903pavilion_
pillions101610923__pillions
pillows122610123__pillows
semillons1145093semillons
vanillins1245553vanillins

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641366.76321978.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.20224811.3
 
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